Valery Ivanov
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Valery Nikolayevich Ivanov (born 1948) was a Soviet diplomat.
As First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to Australia
, he was expelled on 22 April 1983 under suspicion of being a spy after allegedly trying to recruit Australian Labor Party
member David Combe
.
As First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, he was expelled on 22 April 1983 under suspicion of being a spy after allegedly trying to recruit Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member David Combe
David Combe
David Combe was National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party, a political consultant and lobbyist, an Australian Trade Commissioner, a Senior Vice President International of Southcorp Wines, and a consultant to the Australian Wine Industry.-Early life:Harvey David Mathew Combe was born in 1943...
.